Monday, March 30, 2015

Do you love to travel? Day trips to full on getaway vacations, the "Hello World" collection by My Mind's Eye is for you! Check it out in the Store HERE now.
I seriously love this collection and the surprise for me was how easy
it was to create pages that I really like. I am a slow scrapper but
these papers and embellishments are so well designed that they pages
just came together for me. The colors are perfect to go with any travel
photos so I chose to do a road trip and plane trip page. You will most definitely see more of this collection from me.

After
a week at Disney World we were pretty spoiled and used to fast passes
for long queues, so at the airport my husband asked if we could fast
pass this wait. I used I used the map paper
as my base background and then cut an 11" square light neutral paper
from my stash to mat in the center, but first I planned where my title
would be and die cut it from the light paper so that the map paper would
show thru for a fun title with a few added words using these small Letter Stickers from Elle's Studio.

Just
layering this chipboard airline tag and the airplane die cut, makes a
quick dimensional embellishment, but I cut the flower from patterned
paper and tucked it behind, then added the Vacation Memories die cut,
this cute travel flair, and a punched Mickey icon. Everything in this
collection just works so well together that you really can't go wrong
combining elements.

For
my second layout, I wanted to use 3 photos and still be able to use
some of the fun travel elements to tell the story. I printed my focal
photo 4x6" and then the smaller photos are 3" square. I arranged them in
a grid formation on the grid paper background so that I could fill the
gaps with decorative elements.

I
cut my title from patterned paper and lightly inked the edge, then
mounted it overlapping the journaling piece with a chipboard ticket and
bike flair.

Since my page is about a springtime day trip in Texas, I cut a rectangle of the map paper
that included Texas to use with a die cut compass and car. The gold
text vellum pieces are scrap pieces from my stash, but the small pieces
are perfect for layers under small embellishments.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Oh that Food and Wine Festival. It was so yummy and we took so many photos. You will be seeing it alot as I attempt to scrap this vacation. One of the most attractive booths was Puerto Rico and I wanted pretty light crisp tropical looking products to go with my photos. They had this gorgeous fountain of plants and actual little pineapples growing. I combined papers from the awesome MME Hello World and On Trend collections, floral paper from the I Am collection by Simple Stories, and a Pineapple from Dear Lizzy Serendipity. I have a full list of links to the products below in the Scraptastic Store.

I cut a strip of the floral paper for the lower edge of the layout and then cut out a couple of flowers to use like die cuts. This floral paper is fantastic for cutting out. I used the grey woodgrain Thickers for this page and I am noticing that I really love this alpha because it just goes with everything and doesn't overpower the page.

What do you think of map papers? I am really loving this one because it has great colors and I can cut places out for travel layouts. They even have Puerto Rico listed there so I had to put a little piece on my layout. These cute sequins are from the On Trend collection by MME and because they have some larger fun shapes, They are pretty easy to stitch down. Don't forget when you have sequins to stitch down, hold the edges in place with a strip of not too sticky washi tape, stitch the exposed sequins and then carefully pull off the washi.

Ok Sketchy Thursdays are fun because you can play along for a chance at the monthly prize on the Scraptastic Blog and you get to be inspired by the best Design Team ever! But this Sketchy Thursday is just overflowing with inspiration, lots of our designers played along and created some gorgeous pages with the beautiful March kits. Check it out HERE - I promise you will be inspired to play along! Honestly, I don't always like my sketches after creating a page, but this one I will do again. :)

My sons are grown but on holidays like Easter you want them to have fun and you have to enjoy messing with them a little.

I just have to point out the really nice wood veneer "grow" - It was nice as wood but I wanted it to be gold so I heat embossed it to go with my bunny that I stamped onto vellum and heat embossed. oh also I totally forgot to put the whiskers on my bunny but I still think he is pretty cute.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

It's Springtime and the March Rivers and Roads kit and Add on kit are perfectly springy. Our favorite spring day trip is to Texas Antiques Week for some treasure hunting. I added a couple of little layers of plain white tissue paper from my stash to soften up the layers.

Love the cute little pink retro radio sticker and this amazing script Spring wood veneer. This kit has gold foil accents so I chose to use the flower stencil with gold mist in several places in the background. I have also added a little twine from my stash.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Today I have 2 layouts using the New Say Cheese II and
Enchanted collections by Simple Stories from the Scraptastic Club Store. These are just some great papers and embellishments that are
fantastic for your Disney layouts. New with
this second Say Cheese collection
and Enchanted collection are some fun and very versatile embellishments
like photo overlays and wood veneers. For both of my layouts I also
used the Desktop Embossing Folder which is a star background design that coordinates perfectly with these collections.

I
used a scrap of vellum from my stash with the star design Desktop
Embossing Folder for a little extra dimension under my photo layer. To
dress up my wood veneers on this page, I gave some of them a white wash
of paint and sanded the edges, and then for the camera and tiny heart, I
heat embossed with black tinsel embossing powder to give it a glossy
surface.

This cute little cloud is actually from the Enchanted Wood Veneers, these two collections work so perfectly together.

I splattered my page with a little gold mist to coordinate with the fantastic gold accents of this collection.

For my second layout, I used the Enchanted collection
and again used a layer of star embossed vellum under my photos. I just
love the way it works with these collections. The Enchanted collection
has some gorgeous soft colors with the most wonderful grey chevron with
flowers and the accents in this collection are silver. I was inspired to
use a couple of photos of this princess that I snapped in Epcot France,
she was so perfectly Aurora. The colors and designs in this collection
will be ideal for alot of areas of the parks and I am thinking Tea Cups
as well. They would be perfect for Easter layouts as the papers and many
embellishments are not specifically themed.

I
chose to create a white on white title to use with the "princess" die
cut and the "Once Upon a Time" banner. The sequins from the My Minds Eye - I Do - Fancy That Sequins Pack work perfectly for my sprinkled design.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

I have two layouts to show you that I shared on todaysScraptastic Club Blog. First if you haven't seen the March kits, check them out HERE! You just have to see the sparkly springy "Rivers and Roads" kit and Add on kit
that I have used for my two layouts. First I have to apologize for my
layout photos this time as I had to take them indoors and they just do
not do the layouts justice. This first layout is my sister when we found
the huge hydrangeas for her wedding bouquets so I chose to keep the
page light and soft. I chose this nice light background print and then
cut the top 1 1/2" and reversed it because it coordinates so nicely.

The floral die cut pieces that are peeking out from the top of the page and
the strip of patterned paper are actually one die cut that I have cut
in half to appear to be two elements. I wanted to use the "Remember
This" image from the Rivers and Roads stamp set without it being too
bold, so I inked the stamp with black ink, stamped on a scrap of paper
and then onto my layout a couple of times. I painted a sheer amount of
gold mist using a paint brush inside the letters.

The
rose patterned paper was perfect under my photo, but to soften it a
bit, I added a piece of vellum from my stash. So many of the die cuts in
this kit have the bronzy gold foil accents for just a little shine, but
they are tricky to capture nicely in a photo.

For
my second layout I was totally inspired to scrap a couple of my photos
of Marie because of the awesome pink bows in the kit! I just love those
bows and this has to be the most perfect use.

This Time I used the "Remember" stamp as
sort of a design element by stamping it a few times under the piece of
white cardstock piece I cut and the teal dot transparency. The
"favorite" element is a chipboard piece that I layered over a gold foil
wreath shape sticker and the you and me is also a sticker that I mounted
with adhesive foam tape. There are so many wonderful little pieces like
these in this kit.

I
just loved the pink camera sticker but it was looking flat next to the
bow and puffy scallop so I attached it with adhesive foam tape. If you
are loving little gold accents as much as I am lately, this is the kit for you!

Thursday, March 05, 2015

Where do you find inspiration? I was thinking about this as I worked
on my layout because I was totally inspired by one of the papers. I used
mostly the Thinking of You paper from the "Happy Day" collection by Pebbles.
This collection has very crisp clear designs in vibrant colors. Its
really a great collection to have on hand for just about any photos.

This
is the Thinking of You paper that inspired my layout. I purchased two
sheets because I knew I would want to use the white side with the grid
for a background, but of course I wanted to be able to use these
wonderful squares and rectangles. I saw the little to go cups and
thought of my photos from Epcot and then I decided to do a grid type
layout with squares and rectangles using my photos and the elements on
this paper.

I
cut the "let's go" from the "Let's just go" block and layered over
flowers cut from papers and the green square block from the paper above.
I punched the corrugated Starbucks logo from the coffee sleeve that I
kept from my trip. I keep lots of little things from my trips and I am
trying harder to incorporate them into my layouts.

I
printed my journaling on a scrap of vellum from my stash and the trick
with printing on vellum and having it dry properly is to use a thinner
font and set your printer to plain paper on a medium or draft quality
setting so that it doesn't lay down too much ink. It will dry very
quickly.

I
added the heart confetti pieces with foam tape for a little dimension
and the red star and arrow clips add just the right amount of dimension
and another media type. I hope you will try some of this "Happy Day"
collection because it really is one of my favorite new collections